Sensory neurons are organised into three distinct anatomical pathways to the central nervous system (vagal ... for essentially all of the primary afferent neurons in the three pathways.

P2X3 Receptors Role in Hyper-sensitization and Pathology P2X3 receptors are novel targets, highly specific to unmyelinated, small diameter C fiber afferent (or sensory) nerves that have dense ...

coli, can significantly alter the function and sensitivity of the nerves that usually detect bladder fulness, a phenomenon ...

A neurogenic bladder stands for a lack of bladder control due to a dysfunction of nerves affecting afferent or efferent ... the urethral sphincter and the pelvic floor to relax.

Treatments for chronic pelvic pain are often unsatisfactory." The authors add, "LUNA was adopted by many practitioners because afferent nerves from pelvic organs pass through the utero-sacral ...

Afferent renal nerves (ARNs) convey signals generated by ... were monitored during elevations in pelvic pressure in anesthetized Wistar-Kyoto Izm (WKY) rats and spontaneously hypertensive Izm ...

Afferent firing frequency increases with ... Impulses from the filling bladder are carried to the spinal cord via the pelvic and hypogastric nerves, whereas the pudendal and hypogastric nerves ...

Are you paying attention to your pelvic floor health? The pelvic floor is a group of muscles and nerves that form a "supportive hammock" from the back, through the tailbone, lower abdominal area ...

Pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) occurs when the muscles and nerves in the pelvis don’t work as they should. The pelvis is the ...

In 2022, a pelvic-pain specialist found that I had a compressed nerve. For 11 years, I sought answers for strange pains. Over and over, I explained the problem to doctors: persistent pain in the ...

A lot of times medication, steroid injections or physical therapy will help, but for women whose pelvic pain comes from the pudendal nerve, the pain goes much deeper. Now, an Atlanta doctor is ...